Getting Started

Ok, so there’s a potential market with the scope to be successful if you do things right. But how do you get things started? This article features some tips from Tim Barford of Yaoh, a vegan company:

That story mentions making contact with your local council. There are also other government sources around to help you establish and run a business…

In 2002, Jessica Bailey started Australia’s first online vegan store – the Cruelty Free Shop. Four years later she organised Sydney’s first Cruelty Free Living Festival. In 2008 the Cruelty Free Shop won Favourite Aussie Vegan Business in the first aduki veg awards.

This interview with her discusses how she started the Cruelty Free Shop, some details about running it, and the Cruelty Free Living Festival:

In March 2006, after training with the largest vegan restaurant chain in the world, Darah and Yahvinah Morris burst on to the scene with their catering business Soulveg. Only a few months later, Darah won $15,000 as a finalist in the Nescafe Big Break.

Yahvinah explains how Soulveg got going, where it is now, and plans she and Darah have for more businesses.

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